There are 12 ways to get from Calais to Ruse by train, plane, shuttle, car ferry, bus, train (TGV, Eurostar), car, night train, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly, shuttle
best- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BRU - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
9h 42m$229–616Car ferry, bus
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Take the bus from Dover to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
24h 34m$46–89Train
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandrestrain Ter
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HBFtrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain 461
41h 11m$664–1,194Drive 2,385.8 km
- Drive from Calais to Rusecar 2,385.8 km
23h 46m$428–618Train, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly, shuttle
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CDG - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
9h 37m$247–633Train, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly, shuttle
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Amienstrain
- Take the bus from Gare routière to Aéroportbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BVA - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
10h 48m$194–641Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly, shuttle
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CRL - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
10h 30m$202–594Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly, shuttle
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane AMS - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
11h 34m$273–728Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly, shuttle
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane EIN - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
12h 40m$265–755Bus
- Take the bus from Calais to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
30h 24m$167–170Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Calais to Bucureşti Autogara Oborbus
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Rusenighttrain Bucureşti Nord Gr.A - Ruse
44h 32mDrive, car train
- Drive from Calais to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Rusecar
24h 51m$399–1,630
Calais to Ruse by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Calais to Ruse is to car ferry and bus which costs $45 - $90 and takes 24h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Calais to Ruse is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 9h 37m and costs $240 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Calais to Ruse. However, there are services departing from Calais and arriving at Ruse via Buchurest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 24m.
No, there is no direct train from Calais to Ruse. However, there are services departing from Calais Ville and arriving at Ruse via Lille Europe, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf and Bucuresti Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 11m.
The distance between Calais and Ruse is 2074 km. The road distance is 2385.8 km.
The best way to get from Calais to Ruse without a car is to car ferry and bus which takes 24h 34m and costs $45 - $90.
It takes approximately 9h 42m to get from Calais to Ruse, including transfers.
Calais to Ruse bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Calais station.
Calais to Ruse train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Calais Ville station.
The best way to get from Calais to Ruse is to train which takes 41h 11m and costs $650 - $1,200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $166 - $170 and takes 30h 24m.
What companies run services between Calais, France and Ruse, Bulgaria?
You can take a train from Calais Ville to Ruse via Lille Flandres, Lille Europe, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien HBF, Wien Hbf, and Bucuresti Nord in around 41h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Calais to Ruse via Bucharest and Buchurest in around 30h 24m.
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–410
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–380
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–290
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–220
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–220
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $28–150
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–410
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–170
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–180
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–250
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–420
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Calais Ville to Amiens
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HBF
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $350–600
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–470
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–16
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Bucharest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–18
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dover to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- 09 70 15 01 50
- contact@oise-mobilite.fr
- Website
- oise-mobilite.fr
Bus from Gare routière to Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.oise-mobilite.fr/en
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–26
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Calais to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $159
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Calais to Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 40h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–24
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Calais to Ruse bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Bucharest station.
Ruse is 1h ahead of Calais. It is currently 2:33 AM in Calais and 3:33 AM in Ruse.
Calais to Ruse train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Lille Flandres station.
Yes, the driving distance between Calais to Ruse is 2386 km. It takes approximately 23h 46m to drive from Calais to Ruse.
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